Sat-Dinner: Pizza Primavera

Recipe Ingredients

1		Pizza crust- pre-baked or focaccia bread
2 cups	474ml	Fontina - shredded, or
		- danbo cheese
1 lb	454g / 16oz	Fresh asparagus
1 tablespoon	15ml	Olive oil
2		Garlic cloves - minced
1		Red onion - thinly sliced
1		Sweet red pepper - thin slice
1/3 cup	48g / 1.7oz	Fresh basil - chopped
		- or parsley
1 tablespoon	15ml	Hot pickled pepper - chopped
1/4 teaspoon	1.3ml	Pepper

Recipe Instructions

If asparagus is not available, green beans make a good substitute. [Use round pizza crust] On baking sheet, sprinkle pizza base with half of the fontina cheese. Trim and cut asparagus in 2-inch pieces. Set aside. In large skillet, heat oil over medium heat; cook garlic and onion, stirring occasionally, for about 6 minutes or until softened.

Add red pepper, 2 tb of the basil, and hot pickled pepper (if using); cook for 3 minutes. Add asparagus; cook for 3 minutes or just until bright green. Season with pepper. Spoon evenly over pizza base; sprinkle with remaining fontina cheese. Bake in 400f 200C oven for 15-20 minutes or just until cheese is bubbly and melted. Sprinkle with remaining basil. Cut into wedges. Per Serving: about 255 calories, 12 g protein, 12 g fat, 24 g carbohydrate good source calcium

Source:
Dinner Menu: Pizza Primavera Lamb with Olive Pepper Tapenade Roast Potato Slices Mushroom, Fennel and Parmesan Salad Upside-Down Pear Gingerbread Canadian Living magazine [Mar 95]

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